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Destress your morning with gentle harmonies

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring pleasing, relaxing music from composers including Prokofiev, Hildegard von Bingen, and Mozart, and a chance to Find Your Focus in a piece by Sophia Jani which takes inspiration from the way change in our lives often happens slowly and without us noticing. Sian Takes a Breath outside and encounters an obstacle in her path, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain how good for us listening to music really is.

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Sun 4 Oct 2026 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavallerina Rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Conductor: Marek Janowski. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie.
    • Pentatone.

  • Dorothy Howell

    The Moorings

    Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Marie鈥怞os猫phe Jude.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.

  • Trad.

    O Waly Waly

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Signum.

  • Walter Braunfels

    Suite from the Glass Mountain Op 39b (6th mvt, 'Beim guten Mond')

    Conductor: Johannes Wildner. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Sophia Jani

    Everybody was so young

    Ensemble: Kontai Ensemble.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus (Adagio of Spartacus and Phyrgia)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Breathing Light

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • DG.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto, Op 31 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    Spiritui Sancto honor sit (De Undecim Milibus Virginibus, Responsorium)

    Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No 2 In C minor, Op 66 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Sony.

  • Don Gillis

    Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Ian Hobson. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Albany.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Signum.

  • Franz Krommer

    Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana.
    • CPO.

  • Helen Hopekirk

    5 Scottish Folksongs (No 2, 'Turn Ye to Me')

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Toccata.

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    String Quartet No 1, 'Calvary' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Suzanne Ciani

    Rain

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • INFINE MUSIC.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Rose Garden Songs (2nd mvt, 'Behind The Wall Stand The Little Roses')

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Tam谩s Vet艖.
    • Dacapo.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia for a Gentleman (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Paul Hindemith

    The Doe (Six Chansons)

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sarah Latto.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto no.1 in F major K.37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Alpha.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Ocean Meets The Land

    Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra Royal.
    • Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles.

  • Frank Bridge

    Two Poems for Orchestra, H 118 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Hania Rani

    Anima

    Performer: Kornelia Gr膮dzka. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Hania Rani.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major, M 83 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gwenllian Ll欧r

    Flying with the birds

    Performer: Gwenllian Ll欧r.

  • Trad.

    Nostalgia (arr for violin & orchestra)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Hoey Choo. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 153, 'Im Walde' (2nd mvt, 'In the Twilight')

    Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton. Orchestra: Milton Keynes City Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 13, Summer Fairy

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Lost Chord

    Performer: Marcus Wibberley. Choir: Convivium Singers. Conductor: Norman Alexander.
    • Convivium.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 3 in D major, D 200 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Henry Mancini

    A Month Off (Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation)

    • Soundtrack Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 7 Sep 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 4 Oct 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind